HARDY VARIETIES 
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Lee's Purple, Old Port, Purpureum, Purpureum Grandi- 
florum, and Rosemn Elegans. To these may be added 
Mrs. C. S. Sargent, F. L. Ames, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. R. S. 
Holford, Sappho, Martin H. Sutton, H. W. Sargent, and 
Lady Gray Egerton. 
In the selection of varieties able to withstand severe 
winters the experiments conducted for many years by 
Messrs. Seidel, Dresden, are of value. Their Rhododendron 
nursery is in and around a pine forest where the conditions 
with regard to frost are often severe. The effect of the 
pine trees is to protect the plants from excess of sunshine 
in summer, and from cutting winds in winter. The varieties 
recommended as hardy in most parts of Germany are, 
according to Messrs. Seidel, the following : — ■ 
Hardy in Germany 
Boule de Neige. Frau Rosalie Seidel. 
Caractacus. Frieda von Soden. 
Catawbiense. Gloria Gandavensis. 
Charles Vuylsteke. Hercules. 
Cunningham’s White. James M. Brooks. 
Everestianum. Jay Gould. 
Kate Waterer. 
Mad. Carvalho. 
Michael Waterer 
Mont Blanc. 
Smirnowii. 
Viola. 
Late-flowering Varieties 
Crown Prince. 
Concessum. 
Chas. S. Sargent. 
Hannibal. 
Ingramii. 
John Spencer. 
John Waterer. 
Kate Waterer. 
Lady C. Mitford. 
Mrs. J. Kelk. 
Mrs. Mudd. 
Lady Tankerville. 
Lady de Trafford. 
Maximum album. 
Maximum roseum. 
Maximum Wellsia- 
num. 
Mrs. Kirschner. 
Mde. Carvalho. 
Minnie. 
Sefton. 
Snowflake. 
Sunshine. 
Sir J. Whitworth. 
Warrior. 
